Certificate
Dr. phil. Afsar Sattari
Thanks and appreciation from the city of Cologne.
Cologne, 26. August 2021
Henriette Reker, Lord Mayor of the City of Cologne
Sabine Stiller, District Mayor of the Porz District
My social commitments include the following roles.
| Social Commitments |
| Current Commitments |
| Since 2024, Coordinator of the “51st Conference of Women in Natural Science and Engineering, FiNuT 2025“ |
| Since 2024, Coordinator of the Working Group „Migrant and Refugee Women Scientists“ of the European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS)“ |
| Since 2024, Member of the digitalization working group of the “Women Council in North Rhine-Westphalia (FrauenRat NRW)” |
| Since 2024, Member of the STEM working group of the “German Association of Graduate Women DAB e. V.” |
| Since 2023, Substitute Deputy Auditor at “Women Council in North Rhine-Westphalia (FrauenRat NRW)” |
| Since 2023, Deputy Auditor of “UN Women Deutschland e. V.” |
| Since 2021, Board member of the European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS)” |
| Since 2020, Board member of the “Electrotechnical Association (ETV) Cologne” |
| Since 2020, Representative of “Women in Science and Engineering (NuT e. V.)” at “European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS)” |
| Since 2020, Coordinator of the working group “Graduate Female Refugees and Migrants (AKAD FM-FM) AKADemikerinnen Flucht/Migration Frauen/Mädchen” of the association “Human Rights in 21st Century (Menschenrechte-Einundzwanzig e. V.)” and Women in Science and Technology (NuT-Frauen in Naturwissenschaft und Technik e. V.) |
| Since 2020, Generating and maintenance of the Facebook page of AKAD FM-FM [Graduate Female Refugees and Migrants (AG AKADeimikerinnen Flucht/Migration Frauen/Mädchen)] |
| Since 2016, Generating and maintenance of the Facebook page of MINT FM-FM (the working group STEM Female Refugees and Migrants (MINT Flucht/Migration Frauen/Mädchen) of the German Association of Women Engineering (deutscher ingenieurinnenbund e. V.) |
| Since 2015, Coordinator of the Project „STEM Female Refugees and Migrants AG MINT Flucht/Migration Frauen/Mädchen (MINT FM-FM) Köln“ of the German Association of Women Engineers [deutscher ingenieurinnenbund (dib e. V.)], with focal points education, career (re)entry and approval of the certificates, target grorups: female refugees and migrants. From 2020 on is this project carried out mainly in Cologne |
| Since 2015, Representative of “Women in Sciences and Technology (NuT e. V.)” at the “Kompetenzzentrum Diversity & Chancengleichheit e. V.” |
| Since 2010, Co-founder of the predecessor institution of “Human Rights in 21st Century (Menschenrechte-Einundzwanzig e. V.)” and co-management of its activities |
| Since 2010, Board member of the association “Women in Sciences and Technology „NUT-Frauen in Naturwissenschaft und Technik e. V.“ |
| Since 2010, Board member of the “Initiative for trendsetting researches to establish democracy in Iran” |
| Since 2009, Creation and maintenance of the bilingual and multimedia site, named: “The Citizen´s Solidarity, “Die Solidarität der Bürger” in Persian and German |
| Since 2006, Creation and maintenance of the multilingual and multimedia site, named “Constitutional Revolution of Iran“ in Persian, German, English and French |
| Since 2005, Creation and maintenance of the multilingual and multimedia site on Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh named: “Dr. Mossadegh´s Life and Struggle“, in Persian, French, Spanish and Arabic |
| Past Commitments |
| 2020-2021, Board member of the association “Human Rights in 21st Century (Menschenrechte-Einundzwanzig e. V.)” |
| 2020-2021, Mentor of the Programme “Mentegra” of “Competentia, Competence Center Women & Work” of the City of Cologne |
| 2019, “Head of the election team for the European Election on June 25th, 2019 in an election district in Cologne” |
| 2017-2020, Representative of the “German Association of Women Engineers (dib) e. V.” by the “German Committee of UN Women” “UN Women” |
| 2018-2019, Internal annual auditor of the umbrella organization “DaMigra e. V.“ |
| 2016-2018, co-maintenance of the facebook page of the German Association of Women Engineering (deutscher ingenieurinnenbund (dib) e. V.) |
| 28.09.2018, Co-organizer of a stand of the project ”Magical Physics with the help of some party experiments” for all school grades at the Night of Science Ruhr in DASA exhibition of the working environment, Dortmund |
| 2011-2019, Regional leadership of the association „tekom e. V. in North Rhine Westphalia |
| 2016, Implementation of vocational field exploration in my own company |
| 2015-2017, Internal annual auditor of the “German Association of Women Engineers” „deutschen ingenieurinnenbund (dib) e. V.” |
| 2012-2015, “Coordinator of International Relations of the “German Association of Graduate Women „Deutschen Akademikerinnen Bund (DAB) e. V.” |
| 2012-2015, “Board member of the “German Association of Graduate Women (Deutscher Akademikerinnen Bund (DAB) e. .)” |
| 2012-2016, Representative of the “German Association of Graduate Women (DAB e. V.)” by the “German Committee of UN Women” |
| 2014, Representative of “Women in Sciences and Technology (NuT e. V.)” by the migration working group of the „German Women’s Council (DF)” |
| 2013 and 2015, Representative of the “German Association of Women Engineers (dib) e. V. at the “Congress of Female Immigrants” of the “Umbrella Association of Women Migrants (DaMigra) e. V.” |
| 2013, Co-initiator of the planting of the “Tree of Freedom and Human Rights in Iran” in the Human Rights Park in Cologne |
| 2012, Organization of the Girls` Day in own company Goal EPMTS |
| 2012-2014, Responsible for the website of the association “German-Iranian Friendship Association MEHR e. V.” |
| 2011-2013, Deputy Auditor at “German Association of Graduate Women (DAB e. V.)” |
| 2010, Sponsor of the sports fundraising campaign of “Johann Amos Comenius School in Cologne” |
| 2006, Organizer of a stand on ”Iranian Women´s Current Situation” at the 32nd FiNuT Congress in Cologne |
| 2005, Co-organizer of the “UNICEF Fundraising Campaign” at “Basketball Bundesliga Allstar Day” in the Cologne Arena |
| 2004-2010, Founding member of the Fifty-Fifty e. V. for the purpose of organizing the 32nd FiNuT Congress in 2006 |
| 2004-2006, Co-organizer of the 32nd interdisciplinary congress of “Women in Science and Technology (FiNuT) at Cologne University of Applied Sciences (TH Köln), which took three days long. |
| 2004, Co-organizer of the Girls´ Day at Cologne University of Applied Sciences |
| 2004, Participation in a one-week course in Beijing organized by the Association of German Engineers (VDI) in cooperation with the Association of Beijing Engineers |
| 2001, Generating the primal website of the German Committee of UNIFEM (nowadays UN Women) |
| 1992-1993, offered English workshops at the Friedrich List Elementary School in Cologne |
| 1990-2008, Involvement in councils, committees or conferences at kindergartens, elementary schools and high schools of my own children |
| 1983-1986, Colaboration with women’s institutions in Tehran, organization of research groups on social situation of Iranian women and their role in the society |
The alphabetical List of my 40 memberships since 1995, in national and international associations as well as in professional societies is as follows.
| Memberships |
| Academy Association of Migrants´ Organizations |
| Amnesty International |
| Association of German Engineers (VDI) e. V. ** |
| Association for Informatics (GI) e. V. ** |
| Competence Center Technique, Diversity & Equal Opportunities e. V. |
| Congresses of Women in Sciences and Technology (FiNuT) |
| Electrotechnical Association (ETV) |
| European Association for Technical Communication – tekom Europe e. V. |
| European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS) |
| Fifty-Fifty e. V. ** |
| German Association of Graduate Women (DAB e. V.) |
| German Association of Women Engineers (dib e. V.) |
| German Committee of UN Women (+ its predecessor UNIFEM) |
| German Iranian Friendship Association (MEHR e. V.) ** |
| German Women´s Council |
| Gender Studies in Cologne (GeStiK) |
| Green Agents Network of MIGRAFRICA |
| Human Rights in 21st Century (Menschenrechte-Einundzwanzig e. V., + its predecessor institution) |
| Initiative for trendsetting researches to establish democracy in Iran |
| Initiative to defend political prisoners in Iran ** |
| International Association of Indian Translators (ITA INDIA) |
| International Federation of University Women (IFUW)** |
| International Network of Women in Engineering and Science (INWES) |
| Mentegra program of Competence Center Women & Work of the City of Cologne ** |
| Multicultural Forum e. V. |
| Network Companies Integrate Refugees |
| Organization of Iranian Secular Democrat Artists, Poets and Writers (Peyvand Sara) |
| Research Association for Iranian Oral History (RAIOH) ** |
| Round table for volunteer work with refugees in the Cologne-Porz district |
| tekom Germany e. V., the largest European professional association for Technical Communication |
| Trade union, banks, firms and insurance (HBV) e. V.** |
| Unicef |
| Umbrella Association of Migrants´Organization (DaMigra) e. V. ** |
| University Women of Europe (UWE) |
| Verdi ** |
| Volt Party |
| Women in Sciences and Engineering (NuT e. V.) |
| Women´s Council in North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Working group: Cologne Women’s Associations |
| Working group: Politics of the Cologne Welcome Initiatives |
Membership resigned from the 11 above mentioned associations or societies marked with **.
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